Dire Straits

Shortly after Tony Allen's season ended Tommy Heinsohn and Mike Gorman had an exchange that went something like this:

“Dire straits. Dire straits. You know where dire straits is?” – Heinsohn

“Africa?” – Gorman

“Just south of frustration.” – Heinsohn

- Print can't do it justice. Heinsohn was absentmindedly thinking out loud and Gorman's answer came out of confusion when he finally got a word in. And if the exchange were about any other team in the NBA I would have found it hilarious. And it shows why Boston fans love Heinsohn. It’s not the unbiased look at the refs, the Tommy points, or the cackling after every big Gerald Green play. It’s the fact that somehow he still cares about the franchise so much that it drastically affects his mood.